Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter One The Land of Asia Minor
- Chapter Two Archaeology in Asia Minor
- Chapter Three Hunter-Gatherers of the Epipalaeolithic and Mesolithic (20,000–6000 BC)
- Chapter Four Early Farmers of the Southern Plateau (8500–6500 BC)
- Chapter Five Neolithic Dispersals (6500–5500 BC)
- Chapter Six Millennia in the Middle (5500–3000 BC)
- Chapter Seven Elites and Commoners (3000–2000 BC)
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter One The Land of Asia Minor
- Chapter Two Archaeology in Asia Minor
- Chapter Three Hunter-Gatherers of the Epipalaeolithic and Mesolithic (20,000–6000 BC)
- Chapter Four Early Farmers of the Southern Plateau (8500–6500 BC)
- Chapter Five Neolithic Dispersals (6500–5500 BC)
- Chapter Six Millennia in the Middle (5500–3000 BC)
- Chapter Seven Elites and Commoners (3000–2000 BC)
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This book presents a synthesis of the Prehistory of Asia Minor between about 20,000 and 2000 BC. It discusses the transformations of human societies in Asia Minor from small-scale groups engaged in hunting and gathering to complex, hierarchically organised communities with an economy based on agriculture and industry.
The land of Asia Minor sits at a critical junction between the continents of Europe and Asia. For this reason, it has often been seen as a land-bridge through which cultural developments were transmitted. In this book it will be argued, however, that Asia Minor is better understood as a land in which cultural developments followed a distinctive trajectory from as early as 9000 BC. In this regard, the term ‘Asia Minor’, which implies that we are dealing with a small continent, captures an essential characteristic of this territory.
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- The Prehistory of Asia MinorFrom Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies, pp. 1 - 3Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010